Elsie Jeanette 'Elyse' Hinton

Funeral services for Mancos resident Elsie Jeanette "Elyse" Hinton will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 21, at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery.

Visitation has been scheduled for Monday morning beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the funeral home.

Elsie Jeanette "Elyse" Hinton, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, in Mancos surrounded by family who loved her dearly. She was born in Denbigh, Va. to Jeanette and Christian Brunk. Elsie came with her family to Arizona at an early age due to her father's health issues. On June 14, 1947, she was married to G.W. Hinton.

Through the years Elsie worked at Diamonds (Dillards), was a homemaker, and was active in Madison Baptist Church teaching Sunday school and singing in the choir. Elsie's passion was always painting and in 1978 she and G.W. moved to Mancos and opened the Heritage Art Gallery. She taught drawing and painting classes, and conducted workshops in still life, portrait and on location. Her work has been shown at the Heritage House in Sun City, Reflections Gallery in Vail, and La Hacienda Gallery in Phoenix. Elsie has been the recipient of many awards including Best of Show in 1980 and 1981 at the La Plata County Fair in Durango. She was a member of the Valley Artist League, Lions Club, First Baptist Church in Mancos, and the Ute Mountain Art Club of Cortez.

Elsie was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, G.W. "George" Hinton; and by her brothers, Howard, Jim, and Frank Brunk.